Terms & Definitions
This term was newly created to refer to the fast and brutal attack of Germany on Poland. Translates to "lightning war"
What is blitzkrieg?
Hitler blamed this group of people to the economic problems in Germany.
Who are the Jews?
These three countries were the main countries part of the Axis Powers.
What are Italy, Germany, and Japan?
The attack on this U.S. naval base is what finally convinced the American people to go to war.
What is Pearl Harbor?
President Truman followed this policy when dealing with Communism.
What is containment?
What are purges?
This group was blamed by Mussolini for the strikes and social unrest in Italy.
Who are the Communists?
This group won the control of mainland China.
Who are the Communists?
The invasion of this country led to Great Britain and France officially declaring war on Germany.
What is Poland?
What is taking loyalty oaths?
This term refers to work stoppages without union approval.
What are wildcat strikes?
He was very confident he would win the election of 1948 and was predicted to win up until election day.
Who was Governor Thomas E. Dewey?
These two groups fought with North Korea on the side of Communists.
Who are the Chinese and Soviet Union?
This is the location in northern France where the D-Day invasion took place.
Where is Normandy?
This Act outlawed the closed shop, jurisdictional strikes, and featherbedding.
What was the Taft-Hartley Act?
This term refers to a safety zone.
What is a buffer?
He won the election of 1948, making him the first (and only) president to serve three terms.
Who was FDR?
This Chinese group was pushed out of mainland China into Taiwan and other small islands.
Who were the Nationalists?
This French city resulted in 300,000 British and French troops having to be evacuated across the English Channel.
What is Dunkirk?
Under this plan, American's would send European nations money, supplies, and machinery.
What was the Marshall Plan?
This term refers to individuals attempting to overthrow the government.
What are subversives?
These two groups were in danger of losing their jobs to returning soldiers following WWII.
Who were the African Americans and women?
This was the military alliance set up by the Soviet Union and its satellite nations in response to the formation of NATO.
What was the Warsaw Pact?
The U.S. dropped atomic bombs on these two Japanese cities.
What is Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
The U.S. government issued these in order deal with the scarcity of products and food due to war effort.
What were ration coupons?